James Ogude

Chinua Achebe's novels and essays have always drawn our attention to issues of memory, the story, history and our own obligation to history as Africans. Achebe constantly goes back to the authority of narrative - the story; and as the subsequent generations of African writers like Chimamanda Adichie keep returning to, to celebrate Africa's many stories, its moments of failure and triumph. Achebe, more than any other writer on this continent, has inspired many, and hopefully the African story tellers of the coming centuries, irrespective of their location will continue to be inspired by him. This collection of essays is an enduring tribute to this rich legacy of Achebe.

Illuminations from Africa

Chinua Achebe's Legacy

Sunil Amrith

Antoinette Burton

Sarah Nuttall

Carolyn Hamilton

Pumla Dineo Gqola

Gabeba Baderoon

Lakshmi Subramanian

Ranka Primorac

Meg Samuelson

Karin Barber

Charne Lavery

Khwezi Mkhize

Christopher EW Ouma

Rimli Bhattacharya

Danai S Mupotsa

Madhumita Lahiri

This book covers concepts and methods from the work of Isabel Hofmeyr, a leading South African scholar of print cultures and intellectual trajectories in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.

African print cultures and oceanic turns in Isabel Hofmeyr’s work

Reading from the South

Simon Gikandi

Obi Nwakanma

Makhosazana Xaba

Anne-Maria Makhulu

Tina Steiner

Bhekizizwe Peterson

Crain Soudien

Andrea Thorpe

Jill Bradbury

Hugo Canham

Victoria J Collis-Buthelezi

Athambile Masola

Innocentia J Mhlambi

Sikhumbuzo Mngadi

Thando Njovane

Stéphane Robolin

Thuto Thipe

This collection explores the complexities of black existence, and intellectual and cultural life in the work and legacies of centenarian writers, Peter Abrahams, Noni Jabavu, Sibusiso Cyril Lincoln Nyembezi and Es’kia Mphahlele

Peter Abrahams, Noni Jabavu, Sibusiso Nyembezi and Es’kia Mphahlele

Foundational African Writers

Tafadzwa Mushonga

This book brings together perspectives on resource exploitation to expose the continued environmental and socio-political concerns in post-colonial Africa. The continent is host to a myriad of environmental issues, largely resulting from its rich diversity of natural resources that have been historically subjected to exploitation. Colonial patterns of resource use and capital accumulation continue unabated, making environmental and related socio-political problems a dominant feature of African economies. The book pursues the manifestation of these problems through four themes: environmental justice, violent capitalocenes, indigenous knowledge, and climate change. The editors locate the book within the broad fields of political ecology and environmental geopolitics to highlight the intricate geographies of resource exploitation across Africa. It uniquely focuses on the socio-political and geopolitical dynamics associated with the exploitation of Africa’s natural resources and its people. The case studies from different parts of Africa tell a compelling story of resource exploitation, related issues of environmental degradation in a continent particularly vulnerable to climate change, and the continued plundering of its natural resources. The book will be of great interest to scholars and students from the interdisciplinary fields of the environmental humanities and environmental studies more broadly, as well as those studying political ecology, environmental policy, and natural resources with a specific focus on Africa.

Poetics and Politics of Exploitation

Environmental Humanities of Extraction in Africa

Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of Africa’s most controversial and renowned literary figures. This comprehensive study explores the relationship between history and narrative in his novels.

Narrating the Nation

Ngugi's Novels And African History

James Ogude

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